Scale-Ups Fellowships

An acceleration platform for MIT innovators and entrepreneurs turning poverty alleviating technologies into commercially scalable products.

Phase I Define Need, Create Prototypes	Phase II Design for Dissemination	Phase III Disseminate at Scale

PHASE I FELLOWSHIP Four-month fellowship June - August $5,000 grant Identification of substantial need as well as early stage concept development and prototyping. APPLY Next Deadline: Spring 2014 TBA. PAST PROJECTS Moringa Sheller & Oil Press (now Phase II) MultiCrop Thresher (now Phase II)	PHASE II FELLOWSHIP 12-month fellowship December-November $20,000 grant Development of early stage technologies into manufacture-ready products and the establishment of partnerships necessary for scale. APPLY Next Deadline: October, 2013, for projects running December 2013 - November, 2014. CURRENT PROJECTS Moringa Seed Sheller & Oil Press MultiCrop Thresher OttoClave SODIS Monitor Solarclave Waste Collection Cargo Bike	PHASE III FELLOWSHIP Two-year fellowship $100,000 grant Implementation of marketing, manufacturing and distribution strategies by socially driven enterprises. APPLY Next Deadline: February 8, 2013 for projects running June 1, 2013-May 31, 2015. CURRENT PROJECT Leveraged Freedom Chair